Excursion de plongée avec tuba dans le jardin des tortues et pause sur l'île
Description
La réserve marine de Hol Chan est située au large de la pointe sud d'Ambergris Caye. Maya pour "petit canal", la réserve marine de Hol Chan est sans aucun doute l'un des sites de plongée les plus populaires des Caraïbes, et même du Belize. L'ensemble de la réserve se concentre sur une coupe à travers le récif (appelée quebrada) qui mesure un peu plus de 25 mètres de large et 30 pieds de profondeur à environ 4 miles au sud-est de San Pedro. Hol Chan est devenu un refuge unique, avec des formations coralliennes vigoureuses et une vie marine riche. Nous nous dirigerons ensuite vers le Turtle Garden voisin, où vous pourrez faire de la plongée avec tuba ou plonger et pouvoir vous rapprocher de la tortue de mer extatique et des raies pastenagues du Sud. Lorsque vous arriverez, vous verrez la surface bouillir souvent avec des requins roulants et des raies pastenagues alors qu'ils se disputent les restes. Ces créatures ont une grande tolérance pour les plongeurs et les plongeurs en apnée. Hol Chan est le site de plongée en apnée numéro ici à Belize City!
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Itinéraire
La réserve marine de Hol Chan est située au large de la pointe sud d'Ambergris Caye. Maya pour «petit canal», la réserve marine de Hol Chan est sans doute l'un des sites de plongée les plus populaires des Caraïbes, et même du Belize. Hol Chan est devenu un refuge unique, avec des formations coralliennes vigoureuses et une richesse de vie marine. Profitez d'une belle promenade en bateau de 35 minutes depuis le port de Belize alors que vous passerez le long des îles de mangrove jusqu'à votre premier arrêt qui est l'île de Caye Caulker, la deuxième plus grande île de la ville de Belize qui offre une vue imprenable sur la barrière de corail. Où un arrêt de 15 minutes pour utiliser les toilettes et changer de vêtements. Puis direction Hol Chan, à 10 minutes en bateau de Caye Caulker. Une plongée en apnée de 45 minutes aura lieu au Hol Chan où vous verrez le magnifique récif de corail et les poissons, puis une plongée en apnée de 30 minutes avec les tortues de mer et les raies. Une fois la plongée en apnée terminée, dégustez une collation et un incroyable punch au rhum.
En retournant sur l'île de Caye Caulker où vous ferez une pause à la plage et aussi pour vous faire un repas. Un arrêt sera fait à l'arrière de l'île où vous pourrez remettre du tarpon dans le cadre de la visite. Ensuite, passez une heure sur l'île et retournez à Belize City où vous serez déposé au port.
Points forts
Ce qui est inclus
Lieux et horaires de prise en charge
Veuillez noter que nous disposons également d'un emplacement de prise en charge et de dépose pour les clients non-croisière qui souhaitent réserver l'excursion de plongée en apnée depuis la ville principale de Belize. Invités en croisière, nous vous informons de quitter le navire dès que possible ! Plus tôt sera le mieux. Je recommande d'essayer et de monter à bord du premier ferry. Merci
Avis des voyageurs
Informations importantes
- Transports en commun disponibles à proximité
- Déconseillé aux femmes enceintes
- Déconseillé aux voyageurs avec des problèmes cardiovasculaires
- Condition physique moyenne requise
- La durée des transferts est approximative, la durée exacte dépendra de l'heure du jour et des conditions de circulation
- Au moment de la réservation, les passagers des navires de croisière doivent fournir les informations suivantes au moment de la réservation: nom du navire, heure de l'accostage, heure du débarquement et heure du nouveau débarquement
- Toute personne présentant des symptômes de Covid-19 ne sera pas autorisée en tournée
Avis(29)
Good crew. Great stops especially the Norse shark and stingray and the the feeding of Tarpon. Snorkeling was okay. Some issues with boat that made trip a bit nerve-wracking. When you get to front street go to your left to grab van. I would know the name of the company. No one knew about our excursion when I shared what we were doing.
We liked all activities: snorkeling, swimming with rays and sharks and the tarpon feeding - lunch was delicious.
They were horrible with communication. The days before we were trying to get in contact with them about where and when to meet, they would answer sporadically. The day before our snorkeling was scheduled I asked them early in the day where we needed to meet up, hours later they finally replied, then I asked what time I needed to be there so I could schedule a taxi ride to the meet up spot, there was no reply until the morning of our snorkeling session! Of course I couldn’t go because it gave no time to schedule a taxi ride and get there on time! I’m absolutely in discuss about how unprofessional this company was! I’ve done a lot of different activities in Belize with no problems plus wonderful communication and this company needs to improve on this aspect! BEWARE!! My suggestion is to try a different company, snorkeling out here is a wonderful experience and should not be taken away by unorganized companies.
Best day ever! Friendliest tour operator and crew ever, most informative and helpful too. Everything was fun and beautiful.
The snorkeling was really good. I would not recommend this for weak swimmers. It’s pretty deep as far as snorkeling goes and the currents were fairly strong. The reef was beautiful and we saw lots of sea life. The Shark Ray Alley part of the tour wasn’t really what I expected. It was cool. I am glad we went. However, they fed the sharks off the side of the boat, which meant that the sharks were congregating at the boat side. It would have been better if they had come out away from the boat. There were also lots of boats and people from other tour groups in the same area, making the water very murky (not the tour company’s fault). The food at Sip n Dip was awesome! Some of the best we’ve had in Belize. This is called Turtle Garden in the name of the tour. I was hoping to see turtles. We didn’t. 😕
We arrived 15 minutes early at meeting point. It was not the correct meeting point after much confusion that we were not from a cruise ship. We then walked 3 blocks to correct meeting point where we then sat until 1030 and had still not left (the tour was scheduled for 9am). At this point we left and did not take the tour. When we drive back by in a taxi the boat had still not left. *** the boat was open like a large fishing boat so if you need shade there will be none. The people were kind just not really any explanation of why we were delayed over 90 minutes
We didn’t go we arrived early for our tour and were told they left one hour early and did not notify us of the time change. We had to pay for taxis to bring us and left there.
Stacey was a great guide. She knew all about marine life and led a great snorkel excursion. We saw a lot of fish and coral. The lunch was delicious. I highly recommend the ceviche!
Our guide, Pepper, with Tough E Nough, made this our Mexico Rock excursion bring the phrase "UNBelizeable" to reality! It was super fun for our family! To start, he "let" our preteens think they were steering the boat for a few minutes, they loved that! We learned how to follow the pelicans to find bait fish and then watched Pepper throw out a wide net to pull in dozens at a time. The kids helped with the process and felt like great fishermen. We were then given a snorkeling trip of a lifetime! Pepper was so knowledgeable about what we were seeing and would find things to show us that we would have overlooked, turtles, lion fish, lobster, coral, eel, etc. We also went to Sting Ray City and swam with enourmous rays as Pepper threw out the bait fish. It was more thrilling than the nursing sharks because of the fear factor, but Pepper quickly calmed all nerves and seemed to have as much fun showing us the sea life as we were experiencing it. After thinking it couldn't get much better than that and because he had time, Pepper went out of his way to take us to a sea cave because he saw how we loved to dive with our snorkel gear and then to an area where you can swim with huge groupers! He placed some bait in empty conch shells so the groupers and reef fish would swarm. As we got back into the boat we held up the last of our bait fish to hand feed the frigit birds. By the time we got back it felt like we were having to say goodbye to a good friend. Being there at the end of the busy season was awesome!!
This was my second time booking this excursion through Splash Wave while visiting on a cruise. I had an incredible time in Jan 2023 and I think this time was even better! Stacey and Mackenzie are so great at what they do. You can tell their passion for the ocean, sea life, and their industry is genuine in the effort they pour into your trip. Safety is always the priority and the hospitality is just a bonus. Can’t wait to come back!
